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| Broadcast area | Ozarks |
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| Frequency | 750kHz |
| Branding | 750 TALK |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| KJPW,KFBD-FM,KOZQ-FM,KJEL,KIIK | |
| History | |
First air date | October 20, 1973 (1973-10-20)[1] |
Former call signs | KJEL (1972–1996) |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 51093 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 5,000watts day |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°41′11″N92°41′35″W / 37.68639°N 92.69306°W /37.68639; -92.69306 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | KBNN Online |
KBNN (750AM) is aradio station broadcasting anews/talk format. Established in 1973, the station is licensed toLebanon, Missouri, United States, and serves theSpringfield, Missouri, area. The station is owned byAlpha Media and is licensed to Alpha Media Licensee LLC.
Because it shares the same frequency asWSB inAtlanta, it must shut down at sunset.
KJEL signed on October 20, 1973[1] on 1080 kHz with a format ofmiddle of the road music and news programming under the ownership of Risner Broadcasting.[3] At the outset, 60 percent of the station's programming was simulcast withKJEL-FM (103.7), which signed on the same day.[3] In 1980, the KJEL stations were sold to a group of businesspeople under the name KJEL, Inc. for $375,000.[4] By 1981, KJEL had affiliated with theABC Entertainment Network and changed to acountry music format while retaining its news programming, with only 10 percent of its programming being simulcast with KJEL-FM;[5] the following year, the two stations began simulcasting full-time.[6]
Ozark Broadcasting purchased the KJEL stations for $450,000 in 1983;[7] this made the stations part of the Shepherd Group.[1] In 1985, the station moved to 750 kHz.[8][9] By then, the FM station, which had become KIRK, was programming a country music format separate from KJEL.[10] In 1988, KJEF became an affiliate of the ABC Information Network; the ABC Entertainment Network affiliation moved to KIRK.[11] On December 1, 1996, the call letters were changed to KBNN,[12] and the station took on a talk radio format.[13]
In March 2007,GoodRadio.TV LLC agreed to buy the Shepherd Group's stations, including KBNN, for $30.6 million.[14] In 2013, GoodRadio.TV was merged into Digity, LLC (both companies were controlled by Dean Goodman) as part of Digity's acquisition ofNextMedia.[15] Effective February 25, 2016, Digity was acquired byAlpha Media for $264 million.[16]
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